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Rui's eyes widened with shock. "…Normality?"

Indeed. That was what he sought from me.

"He what…?" Kane stared at the Elder Tree, astounded.

Rui, on the other hand, felt increasingly certain about the absurd idea that had popped into his head regarding who the Divine Doctor's patient was. Yet simultaneously, he couldn't help but wonder if he was sane for even considering the idea.

But it made sense, unfortunately.

"He's looking for an anomalous anomaly among anomalies because non-anomalous anomalies are not anomalous among anomalies."

Kane and the Elder Tree stared at him, speechless.

"If a patient contracts an illness, then they will manifest symptoms atypical of their body." Rui's tone was patient. "In other words, anomalies. However, what can possibly be considered anomalous in the Beast Domain, where every region experiences some abrupt change in the environment or the ecosystem? Be it demographic or population changes, topographical or geological changes, changes of different scales and permeation, and of endless causes. Something or the other is constantly changing."

Rui recalled their time in the Valley of Prisms. They had taken complete control over the region, not allowing anything to go wrong, but every week, sometimes every day, some abrupt disruption of some kind or the other continuously happened.

It was actually a wonder that the catoblepas lasted as long as they had. Pure sheer luck, actually. Just one stroke of bad luck and Rui and Kane would have never been able to find the Garden of Salvation without referring to their memories.

the state of normality and the way things are supposed to be, then something that isn't anomalous is atypical. It is

admitted, "if he's looking for an anomaly in the

way he could find any clues on the illness ailing his patient. To

Kane. "Doesn't that mean that his patient

to utter the idea aloud with how

grew severe. "I don't know. All I know is that I need to find him. Thus, I

to the Elder Tree with sharp eyes. "Where

…The Mellow.

The Adventurer's Guild's data does not contain any

said that the Adventurer's Guild was incompetent

Rui demanded. "Go on. What

of any kind. Its environmental parameters have never been disturbed. Its ecological variables have remained steadfast without any measurable shift of any kind. Its weather is also identical over time, day in and day

stared at the Elder Tree, flummoxed. "There's no way. There's no way that a sub-Apprentice-level zone can survive in the

is still very much understandable. I, too, have been unable to understand how the Mellow has been able to survive and not change for as long as

where the

certain that's where he said

sigh as he grew immersed in deep

definitely going to the